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  • rotel&energy
    Senior Member
    • May 2004
    • 104

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    New DVD player - connection opinions needed

    I'm looking at picking up a Pioneer DV578A-S. It is cheap, at $130.00 online, but it also plays SACDs and DVD-As. I'm starting to get into multi-channel music and I thought this would be a cheap way to improve my old, non-progressive scan DVD player and get decent SACD/DVDA playback. You can give me an opinion on that if you like, but my real questions is -

    What should I use to connect the multi-channel output from a $130 dvd player to my much more expensive Rotel equipment. I can't really justify spending more money on that connection then the DVD player itself and 5 interconnects really adds up. Anyone else run into a dilemma like this or have opinions on what I should be looking at (Radio Shack, Monster, something else)?
    Christopher
  • aud19
    Twin Moderator Emeritus
    • Aug 2003
    • 16706

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    Well one school of thought would be, as you mentioned, why spend as much or more in the IC's than the unit itself...? True and if you go buy a $50-$75 set of IC's for the 5.1 analog connection I wouldn't think less of ya

    The other side would be if you get a decent set now it will give you better results from your existing unit and will still bennefit you down the line when you upgrade to a better machine....

    Send an email off to Doug at Cat Cables, I'm sure even his least expensive set of IC's would likely outperform anything you can get in a store
    Jason

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